Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 29,793, Obed Fisher, Mass.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Mass
Fisher, Obed.
S 29,793
CONTENTS

21331
Massachusetts
Abel Fisher
of Ingolts in the State of Mass who was a Private in the Company commanded by Captain Boyd of the Regt commanded by Col. Grafton in the Mass line for 14 months 4 days
Inscribed on the Roll of Massachusetts at the rate of 4 1/4 Dollars 77 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 12th day of Sept 1833 and Lend E. Leland Roxbury Mass Arrears to the 4th of Sept 1833 $116.92 Semis-ant. allowance ending 4 March 34 23.38 $140.30
Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832.
Recorded by [Signature] Clerk, Book E Vol. D Page 25

Abel Fisher Mass.
Private 16 Months & 11 Days
5. 16- 16 06
May 9 1833
C. 286
88 65
46 77 1/2
93. 54
23 38
11 6 93
E. S. Leland
Roxbury
Mass

BRIEF in the case of  Deed Fisher  County of Norfolk  in the State of  Massachusetts  (Act 7th June, 1832.)
1. Was the declaration made before a Court or a Judge? open court,
2. If before a Judge, does it appear that the applicant is disabled by bodily infirmity?
3. How old is he? 77
4. State his service, as directed in the form annexed.
   Period. Duration of Service. Rank. Names of General and Field Officers under whom he served.   Years, Months, Days.     In 17 95 — — 8 11 Private Gen. cap Boyle Col. Green   1796 2 " cap Boyden Col. M'Farland   1798 nearly 3 20 " " Lieutenant Col. Webb   14 31  
5. In what battles was he engaged? none mentioned
6. Where did he reside when he entered the service? Norfolk Co. Massachusetts
7. Is his statement supported by living witnesses, by documentary proof, by traditional evidence, by incidental evidence, or by the rolls? Traditional documentary and oral witnesses
8. Are the papers defective as to form or authentication? and if so, in what respect? The papers are not attached according to the regulation, nor is the credibility of the witnesses attested — nor the official character of the Magistrate.
* Certify that the foregoing statement and the answers agree with the evidence in the case above mentioned.
George Taylor
Examining Clerk.

Oliver Fisher
1865.
Edwin S. Leland

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
County of Norfolk ss. On this nineteenth day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two, personally appeared in open court before the Honorable Judge of the Court of Probate now sitting at Dedham in and for said County, Bliss Fisher a resident of Medway in said County, aged seventy seven years, who being first duly sworn, according to law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7th, A. D. 1832.
THAT he was born at Medway in said County on the seventh day of March A. D. 1755, and that there is a record of his birth in the town records of Medway : that he was in the United States service from the nineteenth day of April A. D. 1775, to the first of January A. D. 1776 8 months 11 days a private in the Massachusetts Militia : that he was residing at Medway when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain John Boyce & Colonel Greate's Regiment to Braintree : that he marched from Medway to Roxbury from then to Cambridge : that he served with other militia
of the regular troops; and Genl Worthington of the regular officers was known to him: that he was in no battle but not in writing and at the end of his service received a discharge : that he left the service on about the first of January 1776 and that since the Revolutionary war he has resided at Medway & Needham that he has documentary evidence of a small part only of this service
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the middle of September A. D. 1776, to about the middle of November A. D. 1776 two months as a private in the Massachusetts Militia that he was residing at Medway when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain John Boyce & Colonel William McIntosh's regiment to Hartford : that he marched from Medway to West Point through the vicinity of White Plains : that he served with some
of the regular troops; and he enrolled General Allen of the regular officers was known to him : that he was in no battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service about the middle of November 1776 he has no documentary evidence of this service except the receipt he has among which he believes to be an original receipt of the Massachusetts Militia
ALSO: that he was in the United States service from the middle of August A. D. 1781, to about the first of December A. D. 1781 nearly 4 months as a private in the Massachusetts Militia that he was residing at Medway when he entered the service; that he was a volunteer and served for the period aforesaid under the command of Captain John Simonds & Colonel Webb's regiment to Hartford & Little Falls : that he marched from Medway to West Point through the vicinity of White Plains : that he served upon said small upon the Highlands
in New York with some of the regular troops; and General Scott of the regular officers was known to him; that he was in no battle
that at the end of his service he received a discharge but not in writing and left the service about the first of December 1781 - he has no documentary evidence of this service except a receipt

He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any State.
Oliver Fisher
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year first aforesaid.
We Heinsdale Fisher residing in the said Medfield and Nathaniel Stearns residing in Medfield hereby certify that we are well acquainted with Oliver Fisher who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration; that we believe him to be Seventy Seven years of age; that he is reputed and believed in the neighborhood where he resides, to have been a Soldier of the revolution, and that we concur in that opinion.
Sworn and subscribed as aforesaid.
Heinsdale Fisher Nathaniel Stearns
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion after the investigation of the matter, and after putting the interrogatories prescribed by the War Department, that the abovenamed applicant was a revolutionary Soldier and served as he states. And the court further certify that it appears to them that Heinsdale Fisher who has signed the preceding certificate, is a _____ resident in the said Medfield ; and that Nathaniel Stearns who has also signed the same is a resident in Medfield and a credible person); and that their statement is entitled to credit, the court sitting at Wrentham
May 21 st 1833 further certify that Luther Mitchell p. Warren Loaring & Daniel Adams and the heirs of the heirs for said County of Norfolk, after the same signed to the certificate to the said court As a Heinsdale Fisher in the said County of Norfolk, after the same signed to the certificate to the said court, Oliver Fisher also signed to the same, and the said Heinsdale Fisher and Nathaniel Stearns also signed to the same, and the said Oliver Fisher also signed to the same, and the said Heinsdale Fisher and Nathaniel Stearns also signed to the same, and the said Oliver Fisher also signed to the same, and the said Heinsdale Fisher and Nathaniel Stearns
Samuel Haven, Register, of the bond of probate aforesaid, do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said court in the matter of the application of Oliver Fisher, for a pension.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal of office on the day and year first aforesaid Twenty fourth day of May, A.D. 1833.
Samuel Haven. 3

29793 Rey INVALID.
File No. 29,793
Abel Hitchcock
His Rev. wife
Act: June 1 st 1897
Index:—Vol. 9, Page 188
[Arrangement of 1870.]

FISHER, OBED (MASS.) S-29793

Medfield Jan. 21 st 1777
We the Sub rs Officers Non Commission d officers & Soldiers in Capt o John Boyden s Company and in a Reg t of Militia Commanded by Will m  McEntosh Esq t . Have each of us been of S d Capt o By the hand of Lieut t Silas Dinsmore the whole of our wages. Due to us on S d Capt o the Muster Roll. for our service in the Army of the United States of America - viz part of the month of Sept r . Oct r & part of Nov r & part part - We say Rev. by us
John Boyden Capt o Jonathan Dyer Stephanus Hearn Sgt t Joseph Fisher Jr Jotham Kingsbury Amos Lill John Plimpton Abd. Disher Japheth Disher Abel Jones Amos Brown Josiah Gide Eli Bullard Asa Daniels Asa Fuller Samuel Jones Sgt t Simon Cheney Corp l Robert Jones

8865-
Obed Fisher
E. S. Leland Esq
Roxbury
Mass

BRIEF objections to the admission of Pension Claims , of which those answered in the negative, in red ink, will apply to the claim of Oliver Fisher which require further proof or explanation.
I. Does the declaration show where the applicant resides? yy II. Did the declarant make the declaration in the county where he resides? yy III. If the applicant did not make the declaration in the county where he resides, is there any reason assigned for his not doing so? IV. Has the declarant mentioned the period or periods of the war when he served? yy V. Has he mentioned with precision the length of his service, and the different grades in which he served, in language so definite as to enable the department to determine to what amount of pension he is entitled? No VI. Has he given the names of the officers under whom he served, in conformity with the regulations? yy VII. Has he made a relinquishment of every claim to any other pension than the one under the Act of June 7, 1832? yy VIII. Has the Court given their opinion? yy IX. Has the Clerk given his certificate? yy X. Is the Clerk's seal affixed? And if so, has it a device or inscription by which it can be distinguished from any other seal? yy

XI. Has the applicant obtained the evidence of a clergyman and another respectable citizen as to their belief respecting his age and the general belief in his neighborhood relative to his revolutionary service? no
XII. If the clergyman's affidavit has not been produced, is there any reason assigned for not obtaining it? no
XIII. If the applicant has no documentary evidence, and has not obtained the testimony of at least one living witness, has he stated in his declaration that such proof cannot be had?
XIV. † If the applicant's name is not found on the rolls of military service, has he produced a witness or witnesses as to his service? yes
If he has produced direct proof as to service, has the magistrate who administered the oath, certified to the credibility of the witness or witnesses? no
Has the proper officer certified to the official character and signature of the magistrate as the regulations direct? no
XV. Does it appear from any of the papers that the witness was in such a situation, or of such an age, as to have a personal knowledge of the applicant's service? yes
XVI. ‡ Are the papers authenticated as the regulations direct? no
XVII. Are the seven interrogatories prescribed by the War Department answered satisfactorily? And, if not, which of them is not so answered? yes
EXPLANATORY NOTES.
* QUERE V. In a case where the applicant cannot, by reason of the loss of memory, state precisely how long he served, he should amend his declaration by making an affidavit in the following words:
"Personally appeared before me, the undersigned, a Justice of the Peace, &c. A. B. who, being duly sworn, deposeth and saith, that, by reason of old age, and the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, and in the following grades; For _____ year _____ months, and _____ days, I served as a _____ For _____ months and _____ days, I served as a _____; and for such service I claim a pension."

It is important in all cases to determine with precision the period for which each applicant served, and the particular rank he held, as the law directs the pension to be paid according to the grade of the pensioner and the length of his service. The use of the phrase about three or four months is too indefinite, and all such qualifying expressions are objectionable. Some persons who apply for pensions merely state they served two years in the militia, &c. without specifying the tours; the names of the officers, and other particulars respecting their service. This form of a declaration is highly objectionable. It must in every case be clearly shewn under what officers the applicant served; the duration of each term of engagement; the particular place or places where the service was performed; that the applicant served with an embodied corps called into service by competent authority; that he was either in the field or in garrison; and for the time during which the service was performed, he was not employed in any civil pursuit.
†QUERE XIV. Proof of Service.
In a case where the name of the applicant is not found on the records of the Department, he must prove his service by two credible witnesses, who are required to set forth in their affidavits the time of the claimants entering the service, and the time and manner of his leaving the same, as well as the regiment, company, and line to which he belonged. The magistrate who may administer the oaths must certify to the credibility of the witnesses, and the official character and signature of the magistrate must be certified by the proper officer, under his seal of office.
†QUERE XVI. Mode of authenticating papers.
In every instance where the certificate of the certifying officer who authenticates the papers is not written on the same sheet of paper which contains the affidavit, or other paper authenticated, the certificate must be attached thereto by a piece of tape or narrow ribbon, the ends of which must pass under the seal of office of the certifying officer, so as to prevent any paper from being improperly attached to the certificate.
In every case where the clerk of the court, or other certifying officer, has no public seal of office, the certificate of a member of congress, proving the official character and signature of the certifying officer, should accompany the papers.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Secretary's Office, Sept 7 th 1832.
I hereby Certify, That, from an examination of the Books and Documents, relating to Military Services in the War of the Revolution, which remain in this Department, it appears that the name of Obed Fisher is borne upon upon the pay roll of Capt John Boyd in Col Grenton's Regt for the period of eight days from April nineteenth 1775. The name of Obed Fisher is also borne upon the Pay Roll of Capt John Lincoln's Company in Col Webb's Regt for the period of three months or twenty two days from the twentieth of August 1781
Edward D Bangs, Secy

I further certify of Medway in the County of Norfolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts of Security for years of age upwards as testify and say that I was in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary War under John Boyd as Captain Ebenezer Pease as Lieutenant and Joshua Gould as Ensign in Col. John Grenton's Regiment and Genl William Gant's Brigade and served in said Company at Roxbury and in the vicinity of Boston in said Commonwealth for the period of Eight months and Eleven days in from the latter part of April 1775 to the first day of January 1776 — And also, that I served again in the Revolutionary Army at Warwick — in the State of Rhode Island for the period of Six weeks in the months of December 1776 and January 1777 under various officers, the Officers serving with me being transferred frequently from one set of officers to another — Capt Joseph Lord and Capt. John Fairbanks, Lieut. Ebenezer Pease were some of the officers.
And I further testify that Dea. Chas. Fisher, now of Medford formerly of Medway in the County of Commonwealth of Massachusetts aforesaid enlisted and served with me in the expeditions against the said City in the Companies above named as serving at Roxbury & and at Warwick in R. Island for the full period of Eight months & Eleven days in the first described service and of Six weeks in that last described.
Leather. Metcalf
Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Natls. Sept. 15. 1832 — Then the above named further certify the substance of the foregoing deposition made oath to the truth of the statements therein contained according to the best of his knowledge & belief before me.
Warren Goring Justice of the Peace in said County of Norfolk

I Oliver Richardson of Medway in the County of Norfolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts do hereby certify and say that seven years of age and upwards do testify and say that I served as a private in the "Eight months Service" so called in the Revolutionary War in the company commanded by John Boyd, Ebenezer Dyer 1 st Lieut. Joshua Gould 2 nd Lieut. in Col John Greaton's Regiment at Roxbury Dorchester & Lam- bridge near Boston in this Commonwealth from the nineteenth day of April 1775 to the first day of January 1776 when my enlistment expired.
And I further testify that Oliver Disher now of Medfield in this County (then of Medway aforesaid) was a private soldier in the same company with me & did duty as such during the whole period of my enlistment viz. the Eight months aforesaid — Oliver Richardson
Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Norfolk ss. August 28. 1832. Then the said Oliver Richardson subscribed to the above affidavit made on the 1 st that the statements therein contained were true according to the best of his knowledge & belief before me —
Warren (orving Justin) of the Place in for the County aforesaid
I hereby certify that said Oliver Richardson is a credible witness The said Oliver
Approved by the Court The said Oliver

When under 21, I was in the army of the United States, and was honorably discharged at the age of 21. I was then in the city of New York, and was married to my first wife, Sarah, who died in the year 1876. I was then in the city of New York, and was married to my second wife, Sarah, who died in the year 1876. I was then in the city of New York, and was married to my third wife, Sarah, who died in the year 1876. I was then in the city of New York, and was married to my fourth wife, Sarah, who died in the year 1876. I was then in the city of New York, and was married to my fifth wife, Sarah, who died in the year 1876. I was then in the city of New York, and was married to my sixth wife, Sarah, who died in the year 1876. I was then in the city of New York, and was married to my seventh wife, Sarah, who died in the year 1876. I was then in the city of New York, and was married to my eighth wife, Sarah, who died in the year 1876. I was then in the city of New York, and was married to my ninth wife, Sarah, who died in the year 1876. I was then in the city of New York, and was married to my tenth wife, Sarah, who died in the year 1876.
I spent with my son Deacon Sam Fisher in said County the following time, and served with me as a soldier in said company and served the whole of the two months as some of the others returned home with me in Nov.
Asa Fuller
And in presence of, [illegible]
[Faint, illegible text]
I hereby certify that said Asa Fuller is a credible witness currently the [illegible] Island, Probate

I Jotham Fairbanks of Medway in the County of Nor- folk in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, husbandman of seventy five years of age and upwards do testify and say that I served in the Revolutionary War in the Militia under Captain John Boyd, lieutenant colonel Ebenezer Dyer, & Jotham Gould Ensign in Col. John Grafton's Regiment & Gen. William Heath's Brigade in what was called the "Eight months Service" from the nineteenth day of April A.D. 1775 to the last day of December 1775 at Roxbury Cambridge & elsewhere in the vicin- ity of Boston in said Commonwealth -
And I further testify that Chas. Fisher now of Medfield but then of Medway in the County aforesaid did duty with me as a private soldier in the Company and Regiment aforesaid and belonged to the same unit with myself during the whole period aforesaid viz from the 19 th of April 1775 to Dec 31. 1775 - Jotham Fairbanks
Count y of Massachusetts -
May 12 th Session 12. 1832 - Then the above named Jotham Fairbanks made solemn oath that the above statement by him made is true to the best of his knowl- edge & belief, before me -
Warren Gorrington Justice of the Peace in & for said County -
I hereby certify that since Jotham Fairbanks is a credible witness,
Approved by the Court I see and I write
I see and I write

Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Norfolk ss May 21 st 1833 Personally appeared before me the undersigned, a justice of the peace in & for said County, Buel Fisher of Medfield in said County, who being duly sworn, deposed & saith, that by reason of old age, & the consequent loss of memory, he cannot swear positively as to the precise length of his service in the revolutionary war, but according to the best of his recollection he served not less than the periods mentioned below, & in the following grades, viz: For eight months & eleven days, commencing April 19 th 1775, as a private in the company commanded by Capt John Boyden of Colonel Grafton's Regiment. For two months, commencing about the fifteenth of September 1776, as a private in the company commanded by Capt John Boyden of Colonel M'Intosh's Regiment, & for three months & twenty two days, commencing the 20 th of August 1781, as a private in the company commanded by Capt John Singleton. And for such service he claims a pension under the act of Congress of June 7 th 1832. Obed Fisher
Subscribed & sworn to this day a year from and before Daniel Adams justice of the peace
May 21 st 1833 Approved by order of Court S. L. Leland Probate

BOUNTY LAND WARRANT RECORD CARD*
NAME Fisher, Peter GRADE Private LINE New Jersey
WARRANT NUMBER 8326 ACREAGE 100 ISSUED November 26, 1796 To — not shown —
*The information concerning the issuance of warrants carded on this form is found in volumes 2 to 4 of "Land Warrants Issued Prior to 1800" which are registers of bounty land warrants issued to non-commissioned officers and privates under congressional resolutions of September 16, 1776, and subsequent dates. Other records relative to the applications for warrants appear to have been destroyed in the War Department fire of November 9, 1800. Information concerning warrants surrendered to the Federal Government is to be found in General Land Office records in The National Archives.